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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.581,Lat: 42.3262
Elevation	139 meter above sea level
Local time	2:01:53am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Soutomaior

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Nogueira	1.2 km	SouthWest
2 O Rial (Soutomaior)	1.5 km	NorthEast
3 Moreira	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Comboa	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 A Xesteira	2.3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	401 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	465 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	744 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.7 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 28 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 58%, hill: 40%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 65 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 11 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.3 km2

24.4%

Nature

27 km2

38%

Wet nature

2.9 km2

4.1%

Agriculture

19.9 km2

28.1%

Urban area

3.6 km2

5.1%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alxán in country Spain

Alxán at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	62 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	88 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	101 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Enseada de San Simón	ES	2.5 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cobres

Type of weather in Cobres	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 25 November 2024:	9 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	08:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:05 Europe/Amsterdam